Leeching.

I'm generally against it, there are specific cases where I'm ok with it but in the general sense of "player is gaining exp while afk" I am definitely against it, and I'd rather not play at all than have to leech from someone.

If you leech your own characters it's not quite as bad, I'd still frown on it unless it's a support type character that you can't solo on (eg. pure HP warrior) but in the end only your own characters are affected.

Yeah, this is how I am as well. I chose "dont care" for the other questionable purposes. However, I do not believe that all classes below 4th job have NOTHING to contribute to a party.

Bowmen can use their birds to stun the lone annoying newtie
Hermits can use shadow web
DKs have hb -- pots break even + they can kill
Saders can stun.
White Knights -- ... well, first of all, LF> white knight
CBs can stun
Priests can HS and hug the wall so the newtie hits THEM instead of me, the main attacker. Also saves me from wasting time trying to climb up the stupid rope with tons of KBs.

Everyone CAN contribute something. So if I'm letting someone leech my exp, I don't wanna hear a "omfg its pot burn standing here" or "Anything I do is useless". All I want is to see that they're doing something to contribute. Which brings me to my next point:

Priests ARENT useless at newties. Yes, all they do is HS, but hell, they've got this wonderful skill called heal. -- Guess what you can do when your attacker got hit? 1. If they pot lag..: solution! 2. Heal serves as an outer source backup in an emergency situation. That said, there is no reason why anyone should be standing there doing nothing. Only exception is if the attacker prefers you doing nothing.


Overall, I don't mind allowing them to leech off my exp because it benefits me (I can't train alone -- or else my attention phazes in 1 minute and I loose the will to train), and on the other hand, I also know that 10x's to 11x's are generally one of the more pain in the ass levels to get through. So I help out as much as I can since I can't do much of the same to those who helped ME get to 120.

In the end, I do and I don't mind = don't care as long as its reasonable.